Garment-support.



H. 0. WILSON. GARMENT SUPPORT. APPLICATION rum) MAY 12, 1900.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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HARRY G. WILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-SUPPORT.

Application filed. May 12, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. \VILsON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supports, of which the following is a specification. The invention relates to an improvement in garment supporters, being particularly directed to a skirt and waist holder in the use of which the skirt may be quickly and conveniently connected to the waist at any desired point without necessitating other than a single movement on the part of the user and without requiring any particular degree of adjustment.

The main objectof the present invention is the provision of a skirt supporter in which there is combined with an ordinary safety pin a connecting plate, which plate is mounted for swinging movement on one of the pin bars, and carries a series of piercing members, adapted in the operative movement of the plate to enter the waist fabric and connect the skirt and waist.

Another object of the invention is the provision of piercing members for the connecting plate, which are preferably curved in a plane concentric with the pivotal support of the plate, said members being of such length that in operative position they will pierce the waist fabric at two points.

The invention will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating the application of my improved skirt supporter. Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the skirt supporter. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the skirt supporter in applied position, the piercing members being shown in operative relation to the waist fabric. Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view through the skirt supporter, the connecting plate being shown turned back in inoperative position.

Referring particularly to the drawings, my improved skirt supporter comprises in its essential parts a skirt engaging member 1, preferably in the form of an ordinary safety pin, a connecting plate 2, and piercing members 3 carried by the plate.

The safety pin 1 is preferably, though not necessarily, of the ordinary type, including a keeper bar 4, connected to a spring coil 5,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 432,462.

and carrying a keeper 6, the pin bar 7 being arranged to engage the keeper in the usual manner.

The connecting plate 2 comprises a strip of metal bent along a transverse line to loosely embrace the keeper bar 4t of the pin, as at 8, the connection described providing for the free swinging of the connecting plate on the keeper bar. In fori'ning the plate to engage the keeper bar, it is preferably bent to form two leaves 9 and 10, the inner leaf 9 of somewhat less length than the outer leaf 10, whereby the free upper edge of the outer leaf extends beyond the similar edge of the inner leaf, for a purpose which will presently appear.

The piercing members 3 of the supporter, which may be of any desired number, each formed of a single length of material, preferably wire, bent into staple form to include a cross bar 11 and spaced arms 19.. Adjacent the cross bar 11 each arm of the member is projected outwardly in curved form, as at 13, the extent of curvature being approximatel T semicircular. By virtue of such formation each piercing member has a portion of each arm disposed 1n the plane of the cross bar, with the remainder of each arm, including the free terminal thereof, curved on an arc offset from one side of the cross bar and concentric therewith.

For securing the piercing members in place, the leaf 9 of the connecting plate is formed with openings 14 at approximate intervals, through which the curved portions 13 of the piercing members are projected, while the straight portions of the arms lying in lien with the cross bar, and also the cross bar, leaves 9 and 10. Pressure is then applied to the leaf 9 to form the latter about those portions of the piercing members disposed between the leaves, whereby the piercing members are secured in fixed relation to the connecting plate. In this connection it is to be particularly noted that when in place the curved portions of the piercing members project 'rearwardly from and beyond the leaf 9 of the connecting plate, and that the arc of curvature of said portions is concentrio with the pivotal support of said plate.

In use the pin bar 7 of the safety pin is passed through the band 15 of the skirt 16, so that the keeper bar is arranged immediately adjacent the upper edge of the band. In this position, the connecting plate 2 reare held between the mains in the depending or inoperative rel ation, resting against the outer side of the band. In such arrangement of the connect ing plate it will be noted that the pointed piercing members are disposed above and practically in alinement with the keeper and pin bars of the safety pin. After securing the skirt by the usual hooks and eyes or other fastenings, the connecting plate is swung upward on the keeper iar, causing the piercing members to pass through the waist fabric 17. As the connecting plate is moved upward into close contact with the waist fabric, as shown in Fig. 3, the curved portions of the piercing members, owing to their approximate semicircular formation will again pass through the waist fabric at a point below the initial passage, and, of course, below the keeper bar of the safety pin. Each of the piercing members will thus pass through the waist fabric at two separated and distinct points, thus securely connecting the waist and skirt, the curved portion of the arm lying between the waist and the inner garment to avoid obstruction and discomfort at this point. After application of the supporter as described, the usual belt, (not shown), is applied to overlie the skirt band and connecting plate, securing the attachment in place.

As the outer leaf 10 of the plate 2 is somewhat longer than the inner leaf 9, the upper edge of the connecting plate will, when in operative position, be carried slightly inward beyond the pivotal support, whereby the weight of the garment will tend to maintain the connecting plate in operative position, in an obvious manner.

The various parts of the device may be constructed of any material or in any size, the form illustrated and described being intended as the preferred form of construction, in connection with which it is to be understood that I do not desire to limit myself ')articularly thereto, but consider as within the spirit of the present invention all such changes and modifications as mayfall with in the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A skirt supporter including a safety pin and a piercing member mounted for swinging movement on one bar of said pin,

said member being concentric with its pivl otal mounting. I 2. A skirt supporter including a safety i pin and a piercing member mounted for j swinging movement on one bar of said p n, I said member being approximately semiclrcular and curved concentric with the pivotal l mounting.

3. A skirt supporter including a safety l pin, a connecting plate pivotally mounted I on one bar of said pin, and a piercing mem- 1' her carried by the plate and projecting beyond the same in curved form, said member I being curved concentric to the pivotal mounting of the plate. l 4. A skirt supporter l including a safety pm, a connecting plate pivotally mounted on one bar of said pin, and a piercing member carried by the plate and projecting beyond the same in curved form, said member being of approximately semicircular form I and curved concentric to the pivotal mounting of the plate.

5. A skirt supporter including a safety pin, a connecting plate including a strip bent along a transverse line to movably embrace one bar of the pin, and a piercing member carried by the plate, said member being secured between the bent portions of the strip beyond the bar.

6. A skirt supporter comprising a safety 1 pin, a connecting plate including a strip bent along a transverse line to movably embrace one bar of the pin, and a piercing member secured between the bent portion of the plate beyond the pin bar, said member being projected beyond the plate in approximately semicircular form.

7. A skirt supporter comprising a safety pin, a connecting plate movably mounted on one bar of said pin, said plate comprising I a strip bent along a transverse line to embrace the pin bar, and a piercing member carried by the plate, said member including a plane portion arranged to be secured between the bent portions of the strip, and a curved portion projecting beyond the strip.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signai ture in the presence of two witnesses.

I HARRY o. wILsoN.

I lVitnesses:

J JAMES F. DUHAMEL,

CHARLES LA RUE. 

